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Slum Clearance Programme 1961 - 1965
Bedford Road Area - 6 Houses.
Represented 3rd December 1962
Declared 19th December 1962
Improvement Grants
The number of applications received for Discretionary Grants is still
low. This is mainly due to the comparatively high standard of fitness
required as the premises must provide satisfactory housing for thirty years.
Further obstacles are the restrictions imposed on rents and the necessity for
the accommodation to be self-contained.
Standard Grants, which were introduced under the House Purchase and
Housing Act, 1959, cover half the cost, up to a maximum of £155, of installing
five basic improvements - a bath or shower, a wash-hand basin, a
water closet, a hot water system and a food store. Grants may be made for
all or some of these improvements and the conditions imposed are less
rigorous than those for Discretionary Grants.
Discretionary Grants
Inspected
44 Loughborough Road
Inspected and approved
2 Caron Almshouses
14 Carson Road
St. Anselm's Vicarage
42 Tritton Road
Standard Grants
Inspected
3 2 Archbishops Place
25 Ballater Road
31 Brough Street
154 Camberwell New Road
317 Clapham Road
322 Clapham Road (5 flats)
21 Claylands Road
31 Claylands Road
11 Concanon Road
25 Doverfield Road